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On the Case
Careers in case management offer minority nurses the opportunity to bring cultural competency and patient advocacy into the managed care arena.
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Careers in Rural Minority Health
From the Mississippi Delta to remote Indian reservations, rural communities of color are among the most medically underserved in the nation--and the need for more nurses is especially acute
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Minority Women and Intimate Partner Violence
Nurses can play an important role in developing culturally sensitive interventions to help victims of physical, sexual and emotional abuse
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Nurses, Culture and Cancer
Through culturally competent outreach, education, research and patient care, nurses can make a dramatic difference in reducing minority cancer disparities
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From RN to CRNA
A severe shortage of nurse anesthetists plus a growing need for culturally and linguistically competent anesthesia care make this advanced practice specialty an ideal career for minority nurses.
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A Starring Role Model
Inspired by her mother, a real-life nurse, actress Jada Pinkett Smith is boosting the visibility of minority nurses in the media as the star and executive producer of TNT’s “HawthoRNe”
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Serving Where the Need Is Greatest
A nursing career in the U.S. Public Health Service offers unlimited opportunities to serve your country while providing care to underserved populations around the world
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Putting the ER in Diversity
Today’s unprecedented demand for more culturally and linguistically competent emergency nurses means there’s never been a better time for minority nurses to pursue careers in this exciting, rewarding specialty
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Winners’ Circle
What does it take to turn a nursing scholarship applicant into a scholarship winner? We asked the experts--scholarship recipients and judges!
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Till Death Do Us Part
Compared to their white counterparts, terminally ill Americans of color are much less likely to receive the comfort of hospice care as they near the end of life. By choosing careers in hospice and palliative nursing, minority nurses can play a key role in helping to bridge this gap.
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Recruiting and Retaining Hispanic Nursing Students
Armed with creativity, cultural sensitivity and federal funding, nursing schools throughout the country are developing innovative programs to help increase the representation of Hispanics in the nursing workforce.
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Making Their Wishes Known
Americans of color are less likely to complete advance directives than their white counterparts. Nurses can play a leading role in educating minority patients about the importance of planning for end-of-life care.
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Toxic Avengers
For years, disadvantaged neighborhoods have been unfairly singled out as targets for corporate polluting. Now minority environmental health nurses are helping these communities fight back.
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Legal Eagles
Put nursing, law and business together and what do you get? The exciting field of legal nurse consulting!
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The Color of Hope
Suicide rates in minority communities are reaching epidemic proportions, especially among the younger generation. Here’s how nurses can make an impact in reversing this tragic trend.
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Ready for Anything
While no one wants to imagine that another 9/11 or a bioterrorism attack could happen, the reality is that nurses and communities must be prepared to respond to such threats. Nurses of color can play a crucial leadership role in bringing culturally competent terrorism preparedness to America’s diverse communities.
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Resolving Differences Within Diversity
Providing culturally competent health care also means being sensitive to intra-ethnic conflicts between patients and providers
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On the Front Lines of Diversity
A career in health care diversity management can help minority nurses move into leadership roles while fighting for equal opportunity.
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The Sky’s the Limit
The exciting, fast-paced specialties of flight nursing and medical transport nursing offer career opportunities that soar above the crowd
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Public Works
Careers in public health nursing offer minority nurses a unique opportunity to make a difference in a really big way--by improving the health of entire communities
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Flying with the Eagles
Are minority nurse leaders born or made? At a unique leadership development program in New Jersey, the answer is “both.”
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An Army (and Navy and Air Force) of Opportunities
In both wartime and peacetime, nursing careers in the military offer exceptional opportunities to see the world, serve your country and advance to leadership positions
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Careers in Pediatric Oncology Nursing
One of the most inspiring and rewarding specialties in nursing has an acute need for more minority nurses who can provide culturally sensitive care to kids with cancer and their families
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A New Voice in Nursing
Although it’s only three years old, the American Arab Nurses Association is already making an impact as a force for promoting cultural awareness in a post-9/11 world.
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Critical Careers
The fast-paced, high-tech world of critical care nursing isn’t for everyone. But if you’re someone who thrives on challenge, you’ll find this specialty offers tremendous rewards and a huge demand for minority nurses.
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